Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9829458e7fe15724…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:25:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: bbb9e6999926fe16de88a1cedfd78415 SHA-1: 9775c0b28f0a421712368e42db1b7487eb562c9b SHA-256: 9829458e7fe15724227e06edfabded78a6a958d66844b968dde3933dd3878839
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, as indicated by the PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9795

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=all+straw+hat+crew+members+in+order PDF link annotation
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/71582182648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/43073767653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a006bb2d8ca---poburamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/mejisujipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4ad8dfb13---97066108854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/lodelejojiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://be1971.com/clients/a/a1/a19be2fc4cf8b198b52f296748481ce5/File/82010859583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe82467685---gejusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1420064541---joligaleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24ll5r5cnp41a6j5lm1cpja4n1/43551111247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d06e7e0e6---bavogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/50749563613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattamatkapatti.com/userfiles/file/besokodasawekegigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a945801afc5---5233783104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021060511505530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/9846612722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabrikangka.com/contents//files/bomumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-21/20210521100723123997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57aeb84a9d7d83aacd48b5113b968b5d/ramowupamajuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c78584518---10159875181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace3f15a5a2---siforapunoxapujugodiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimdaiphatsteel.com/Images_upload/files/kugifubexemizodizonelupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acmh1b7nro5quolv3p0i72871d/98550637004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12447563776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8d6553742---84390041006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da104bc521---bizulejilajiged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014c71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C71 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 833d2efd6b112d3d2507d67cd2aec4ca2c0e4bc254e6d6bd0a0e9903d7ebc8b1
font_01_sfnt_off00017a2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00019246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19246 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 27a35fdc2d9811593b8aa9c360c38c772f8e92185047163d736293fe3d560974
font_03_sfnt_off0001ab31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AB31 18052 bytes
SHA-256: 56e9e42afd1b0278ef3b6c195b675643dd4eec1236fadd9ce9c0080cf87336d3